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Show The Park Record Saturday, April 15, 2000 B-8 Westgate will build Canyons timesharss American Skiing Company (NYSE: SKI) announced Thursday that it has sold timeshare development rights on its land at The Canyons Resort to Westgate Resorts, a subsidiary of Central Florida Investments, Inc. (CFI). According to the announcement, announce-ment, Westgate development will feature 235'smits and add 1310 pillows pil-lows to the resort's slopeskte bed base, bringing the total number of bedspaces to 3,110. The development will be built in the core of the resort village at The Canyons, adjacent to the resort recently opened Sundial Lodge and Grand Summit Resort Hotel Purchase price of the land and timeshare development rights was $7.4 million, the American Skiing Company announcement said. Westgate also separately contracted contract-ed with American Skiing Company to purchase 150,000 lift tickets at The Canyons over the next five years, to use in conjunc tion with its sales efforts. Facilities at the project are expected to include 20,000 square feet of retail space, a health spa, a restaurant, a heated pool, outdoor hot tubs and a private club for Westgate owners. The project will be sold in one- and two-week intervals. inter-vals. In conjunction with the new lodging property, a 'people mover' lift is planned from the lower reaches of the resort property. The lift win enable day visitors and overnight guests staying in lodging properties downhill from the resort village core to access the mountain without riding shuttle buses. Construction of both the lodging and lift faculties is tentatively tenta-tively planned for this summer. Westgate commitment to purchase pur-chase the property is subject to standard closing conditions and 'xal government approval of its design plans for the property. The land purchase is expected to close in Julv. Marketplace Molecule F gives rocket science to downhill racers Parkite combines space-age formula with traditional skis Colorado skier will face criminal trial for behavior Continued from B-7 total disregard for the safety of others on the slope - there is really no difference between that. say. and driving an auto down a sidewalk." "Reckless conduct is a very, very heavy charge (for the prosecutor) prose-cutor) to prove." he added. Tesch did not predict any impact to liability laws common in many states that currently advise skiers of the dangers inherent in the sport and protect ski areas from many lawsuits. "I dont see an impact on civil law. This is obviously a very exceptional very aggravated situation," sit-uation," he said. "There is no liability lia-bility to the ski area when someone some-one might engage in criminal activity." Hall's lawyer, Brett Heckman, argued that Hall simply lost his balance on the steep, bumpy slope and said he was disappointed disappoint-ed with the court's decision, stressing that it did not mean his client is guilty. Digital Courier, partner announce new sale Park City-based Digital Courier Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: DCTI) and strategic partner Merchant Commerce, Inc., will provide an integrated integrat-ed transaction processing solution to Btomenca, Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRA), according to a news release. Btomenca is a global medical company, which manufactures and markets diagnostic tests for use in hospitals, cftnics, research laboratories, laborato-ries, physicians' offices, pharmacies, aid consumers' homes. Btomenca will use the integrated services to provide merchant processing and payment pay-ment settlement on its newty launched www.ezdetect.com Web site, and for s second health site stifl under development by Bruce Lewis OF THE RECORD STAFF "We ski racers are a strange bunch. Well do almost anything to shave another hundredth of a second sec-ond off our race times," said Bill Tabar. He has developed a product he says is doing just that He calls it Molecule F. "Traditional waxes used on skis and snowboards are mostly hydrocarbon hydro-carbon substances," he explained. "You apply the wax. scrape it and structure it, all to create the thin film of water that skis and "boards glide on." "With fluorocarbons,the application applica-tion is so thin that scraping and structuring isnt required," he said, holding up a ski as an example and pointing out the tiny ridges in the P-Tex P-Tex base. "Fluorocarbons provide the advantages of wax without the disadvantages of thick layers that have to be modified." The problem with fluorocarbons has been one of getting it to stick to the ski long enough to do some good. "Early methods of application involved rubbing a compound containing con-taining fluorocarbons in it onto the ski," Tabar said, demonstrating with a sample that looked much like a rough piece of chalk. "They donl stick well. The problem prob-lem is one of adhesion," he said. Running a finger across the area treated with the chalk-like substance removed almost every trace. "Early products weren't lasting the length of a single race." Finding a method to get fluorocarbons fluoro-carbons to stick to skis called for some rocket science - literally. Tabar teamed up with a rocket scientist who works full-time at Thiokol. "He told me he believes the industry is years behind when it comes to ski wax technology," Tabar said. "We have been doing the same thing with our skis and w ax for years and years. The waxes get a little better, bet-ter, but the technology hasnt really taken full advantage of the technology technol-ogy out there." Tabar developed a spray-on pure fluorocarbon treatment for skis and snowboards. One 16-ounce spray can will apply 30 treatments to the average pair of racing skis, he explained. The environmentally friendly propellant evaporates in a few seconds, after which the ski is wiped down with a soft cloth. Tabar put a warm-temperature formulation of Molecule F on the market in very limited quantities at the end of January, just in time for the late-season ski races. A few w eeks ago, the product was used by U.S. Ski Team technicians to prepare pre-pare skis used in the technical events at the U.S. Nationals. The first formulation was specifically specifi-cally designed for springtime warm snow temperatures. Tabar plans to release several other snow-temperature-based versions later this year. Tabard experience as a ski racer has helped him develop a better product he said. He wore the No. 2 bib in the Park City Masters series until a knee injury took him out "It seems like all the top racers are using Molecule F, and a lot of the Master series racers, too," he said. "When I heard reports that ski racers were coming back to the ski-tuning ski-tuning technicians after the race, asking themv 'What did you do to my skis? Can I have that all the time?" I knew I was on the right track. "Erik Schlopy was one of the first to try Molecule F. He believes in it and is sort of a flag-bearer for it," Tabar said of the Park City-based City-based ski racer. Aside from the technical expertise exper-tise coming from rocket science, Molecule F is entirely a family effort, Tabar explained. His wife, Stacey and daughter, Montana, pitch in to help in the family Snyderville Basin home. "Race times will tell the tale," Tabar said of Molecule F. "The clock won! he." For more information on Molecule F, call BiU Tabar at (801) 466-8990. X v r COURTESY PHOTO Bill Tabar uses Molecule F to prepare a sM for the next race. The product uses pure fluorocarbons as a wax substitute. Have news about your business? Call The Park Record at 649-9014 Steve Schluker Partner Park City Brewing Co. & Smokehouse Why Do I Bank With Park City Bank? "I bank with Park City Bank for one simple reason-the people who work there. I always receive friendly, neighborly, neigh-borly, personal service. I especially espe-cially like that Tom, the president presi-dent of the bank, keeps an open door policy and is happy to meet with me anytime, for any reason." rea-son." "My relationship with Park City Bank goes past just a professional relationship to a personal one. I can honestly say I like my bank." Now Everyone in Park City can have the service of Private Banking! (Parr CityN A Division of Dbatm iank A Rest 1 : 1 Q3DCfeDtt fou? Gfanft ditty rjpo amwm 1 ft dqxRs&i) (Souttfe ft Steaks Venison . Lamb . Pasta -Raclette . Ftesh Fish . 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